"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870)
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Ah...a wonderful classic. My favorite Dickens.
It's my second favourite (after David Copperfield). There are a lot of parallels between A Tale of Two Cities and the modern age. Well worth a read.
but what does it mean?that everything is both bad and good all at once?
Possibly..?
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